By AFP
02 May 2024 |
3:40 pm
Madonna’s long-awaited free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach has upended the neighbourhood, with over a million fans expected — but for retired resident Mario Renato Borges, it’s the least the singer deserves.
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A man poses for a selfie with an ad for a free concert by US pop star Madonna displayed at a metro station in the Copacabana neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 30, 2024. – Madonna will perform a free mega-concert on May 4 on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to close her ‘Celebration’ tour. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)
Madonna’s long-awaited free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach has upended the neighbourhood, with over a million fans expected — but for retired resident Mario Renato Borges, it’s the least the singer deserves.
“Welcome, Queen,” read some posters near the huge stage erected on the Brazilian beach, where Madonna will on Saturday give the biggest show of her 40-year career and the last of her “Celebration Tour.”
The 65-year-old American singer arrived in the coastal city on Monday after more than 80 shows in Europe, the United States and Mexico. This will be her only stop in South America.
The “Like A Virgin” and “Material Girl” performer travelled to Brazil with three planes and 270 tons of equipment, according to her production company.
She has set up camp at the luxurious Copacabana Palace hotel, connected to the stage by a suspended catwalk that dozens of fans crowded under this week, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pop star.
– The biggest dance floor –
Thanks to free admission, organizers expect Madonna’s concert to produce the “world’s biggest dance floor” of…